Wikisource:Featured text candidates
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Nominations
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Selected for June 2025. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
Alexander Pushkin is considered "the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature". I nominate his book of Poems translated by Ivan Panin. This would be only the second work we've featured by a Russian author (the previous one was the nonfiction The Russian School of Painting, featured in in 2015). --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:31, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
Support. It seems well proofread, I have checked 10 random pages from various parts of the book and found no problem. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 19:32, 6 April 2020 (UTC)- Support.Worthy author, and in 20 randomly selected pages I found only one error. BethNaught (talk) 19:31, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support checked several pages and seems good —unsigned comment by Serprinss (talk) 07:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC).
- Support seems like solid work; quotation marks are consistent, and I could find no errors in punctuation or spelling. Suitable care is taken to formatting – note how on page 23, the quotation mark on the smaller block lies outside the leftwards margin of the quoted poem (using {{fqm}}). A potential pick for November? Cremastra (talk) 13:31, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Because this is one of only two nominations with support, I think we ought to hold it for longer. We aren't getting a lot of nominations (or supporting voted), and as a result we have very slow turnover. We got new November and December FTs last year; they've never repeated. But the last time March or June changed was 2019, and July and August since 2018. So, I'd prefer to see this listed in one of those months, rather than turn over November again so soon and risk having Mar, Jun, Jul, & Aug continue with the same works for an eighth year. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Good point. Cremastra (talk) 22:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- We have four months for priority replacement: Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug. Pushkin's birthday is in June, so that would be a good month to use. For March, I'd like to use The Fun of It, since it is our sole nomination authored by a woman, but it has not had any supporting votes yet, and as such, I'm reluctant to select it. Nationalism would be for August, as suggested in its nomination. That would leave July for either Hunger or Oedipus Rex, provided one of those works receives support. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:21, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Good point. Cremastra (talk) 22:09, 10 October 2024 (UTC)
- Because this is one of only two nominations with support, I think we ought to hold it for longer. We aren't getting a lot of nominations (or supporting voted), and as a result we have very slow turnover. We got new November and December FTs last year; they've never repeated. But the last time March or June changed was 2019, and July and August since 2018. So, I'd prefer to see this listed in one of those months, rather than turn over November again so soon and risk having Mar, Jun, Jul, & Aug continue with the same works for an eighth year. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:15, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Found only two errors in forty pages, and certainly famous enough. — Alien 3
3 3 08:23, 25 October 2024 (UTC) - Support as the book has had a top tier transclusion. Shouldn't this discussion be closed now? Norbillian (talk) 12:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Did you read the conversation above? Do you understand how FT on Wikisource differs from that on other projects? --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That's why I was asking when it'd be put on the featured texts calendar. Norbillian (talk) 15:55, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- It is not yet close to June. If it is loaded in now and closed, then "out of sight; out of mind" happens and editors will forget the selection. Also, "top-tier transclusion" is not a reason for FT on Wikisource. It is part of the minimal requirements for listing as a New Text, not a FT criterion. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. That's why I was asking when it'd be put on the featured texts calendar. Norbillian (talk) 15:55, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
- Did you read the conversation above? Do you understand how FT on Wikisource differs from that on other projects? --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:53, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
I am nominating Tagore’s work Nationalism. It is transcribed from original scans and has been fully proofread. This work is relevant especially today with a rise of Nationalism in India and many countries around the world. If featured next month, it would coincide with India’s independence day on 15 August. I am happy to make improvements to the work wherever necessary. —Prtksxna (talk) 09:09, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support I checked around 10 random pages and everything looks perfect to me. Only 1 page was not validated and I have done that. I completely agree with Prtksxna (talk • contribs)'s rationale behind selecting this book as next month's featured text. On another note: The text in itself is complete, however the index contains some advertisements and we might want to do something about them which could be as simple as mentioning on the talk page that they haven't been transcluded or can actually be included in the text since they are about other works of Tagore. Check this for more info: Wikisource:What_Wikisource_includes#Advertising --Satdeep Gill (talk) 12:42, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
Done I decided not to include the advertisements. I've made the changes as per the documentation you linked to. —Prtksxna (talk) 09:47, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Comment In order to feature a work, it needs to have a blurb to accompany it on the Main Page. What is the history or circumstances specific to the creation of this work as opposed to the many others on the subject? What influence or legacy come from this work? I am not familiar enough with Tagore or his works to draft a blurb with any competence. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:50, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- I could take stab at writing this. How long does this blurb need to be? 50-100 words? —Prtksxna (talk) 03:59, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- @Prtksxna: Could you suggest the blurb at Template:Featured text/March/sandbox, please? As for the approximate length, you can have a look e. g. at Template:Featured text/January. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:11, 7 February 2024 (UTC)
- The book can be thought of as a collection of lecture-transcripts, the lectures being delivered in Japan and the United States, after Rabindranath Tagore achieved fame as the first non-European Nobel Prize winner in 1913. Set in the backdrop of WW-I, it's the voice of reason and sanity urging against war- and fear-mongering among nations. While the admiration of Tagore for the culture of Japan is evident, he also cautions Japan against following the footsteps of the industrialized (and heavily-militarized) world; his words (w.r.t. Japan) will prove prophetic in another couple of decades. He draws a comparison between the nations of the West and India in his third lecture; while admitting to many areas of failure of the Indian way of thinking, he doesn't share the unbridled enthusiasm for all things 'Western' as evidenced by its impact on his native land by the British colonization process. Sutradhar links (talk) 10:59, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
- I could take stab at writing this. How long does this blurb need to be? 50-100 words? —Prtksxna (talk) 03:59, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
- Comment Also, this work has many minor transcriptions issues that will need to be corrected. There should not be spaces around em-dashes. That is instead of spacing — like this; there should be no spacing—like this. This will require a careful check against Wikisource:Style Guide for any other similar issues before it can be featured. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:52, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- What other issues have you noticed? FWIW I've looked at a few pages. The quality of the proofreading seems pretty good, except for the spaced emdashes you mentioned, and the inconsistent use of both straight and curly quotes. BethNaught (talk) 22:43, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
- Thanks for pointing these out. I've tried to correct the dashes and quotes at most places. —Prtksxna (talk) 04:25, 28 July 2020 (UTC)
- Support I am quite familiar with the author and, in particular, this book. This will be a valuable addition to the list of featured texts. I have checked a few pages and things look good. Of course, it has to meet the style guides specified; if anyone is competent in that area, they can fix any stylistic errors. Sutradhar links (talk) 10:47, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
The notes in the work's header explain why Knut Hamsun's novel is a candidate for featuring. It is also a very stark and immediate text, even today. Its author is also a Nobel laureate in literature. I do not believe we have ever featured a text from a Scandinavian author. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:39, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
- Comment. It would be nice if the last three remaining advertisement pages were at least proofread too and if those of the authors and books that are mentioned in the adverts and that are present in Wikisource were linked. Otherwise it looks good, besides the adverts I went through about 10 pages and found only two smaller problems, which I corrected. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Did the adverts, though the four last pages still need validation. — Alien333 (what I did & why I did it wrong) 17:06, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
- Support: Looks good to me, I found no mistakes. — Alien 3
3 3 08:08, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
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Selected for April 2025. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:53, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex has been called the perfect play, and was held up by Aristotle as the ideal model for all tragic drama. This particular translation is by Irish playwright William Butler Yeats, a key figure in Irish drama and the Irish literary revival, as well as the winner of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature. Our copy also makes use of LilyPond so that Yeats' songs that were written for the play can be listened to.
We have never featured Sophocles, nor have we featured a work containing music, and the only Irish writer featured previously is Oscar Wilde. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:03, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Support Found no errors in 20 pages, the Lilypond work is impressive, and it's a quite notable work. — Alien 3
3 3 08:30, 25 October 2024 (UTC) - Support I definitely like showing off the Lilypond work. —FPTI (talk) 09:06, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
A classic work, and a play. Featuring a play might encourage people to add more plays.— FPTI (talk) 09:08, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
I looked this up today and was happy to see it was fully validated. It's classic work of detective fiction, considered one of the (if not the) best book by Agatha Christie, the best-selling fiction writer of all time. It is, as I say, fully validated and well-proofread. Cremastra (talk) 15:15, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Did you check any pages for errors, or simply note that it was validated? We have found validated works in the past with high error rates, transclusion errors, mixed straight and curly quotes, and the like. --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:01, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Quote marks are consistently straight; I'll do a deeper check tomorrow. Cremastra (talk) 20:49, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Looks good to me. Cremastra (talk) 14:37, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- Quote marks are consistently straight; I'll do a deeper check tomorrow. Cremastra (talk) 20:49, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
Oppose Some pages are done entirely with straight quotes (e.g., p. 64), but others entirely with curly quotes (e.g., p. 52). It needs to be all one or the other. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:39, 13 March 2025 (UTC)
With regards to esteemed members. I would like to propose this work for FT. This work contains the original papers constituting Bose's contribution towards the invention of the radio (1, 2 and 3 may be seen for details). One of the components of this research had led to this patent: US Patent 755,840 A (Bose's Wireless Detector). The work also contains the author's papers on biophysics, including the crescograph. Hrishikes (talk) 05:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- But what makes this collection of assorted papers worth featuring on the Main page? A featured text is considered "the best of what Wikisource has to offer", so what makes this the best we have? --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2025 (UTC)